The evolution of horses is probably one of
the best-studied of all prehistoric mammal
sequences, One of the early members was
Hyracotheriumfrom the Eocene Epoch,
some 50-45 million years ago, The reason
that this name refers to the hyrax, a smallish
African mammal said to be the elephant's
closest living relative, rather than a
horse, is because of a mistaken
identity that occurred back in the
nineteenth century. A more apt
alternative has occasionally been
proposed, Eohippus, meaning
'dawn horse'. Hyracotheriumwas
a small woodland herbivore,
aboutthe size of a fox terrier,
widespread across North America,
Europe and Asia, It had four toes on each
front foot and three on each back foot.
The evolution of horses is probably one of the best-studied of all prehistoric mammal sequences, One of the early members was Hyracotheriumfrom the Eocene Epoch, some 50-45 million years ago, The reason that this name refers to the hyrax, a smallish African mammal said to be the elephant's closest living relative, rather than a horse, is because of a mistaken identity that occurred back in the nineteenth century. A more apt alternative has occasionally been proposed, Eohippus, meaning 'dawn horse'. Hyracotheriumwas a small woodland herbivore, aboutthe size of a fox terrier, widespread across North America, Europe and Asia, It had four toes on each front foot and three on each back foot.
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